Atomizing valve



P. L.. SCOTT ATONIZING VALVE April 22, 1930.

Filed nac. 14. 1525 Hall rnrnrr LANE scor'r,

CORPORATION,V OF LA PORTE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION 'OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO SUPER-DIESEL TRAGTOE OF NEW YORK l romzrne VALVE j 'applieafamed necember The present invention relates `to injection valves particularly adapted for use ma system of direct or solid fuel injection lforl 1nternal combustion engines i. e., a systemin 5 which liquid fuel, such as oil, is pulverized and sprayedv into a combustion chamber without the use of compressed air.

To secure a suihcient degree of pulverization in systems of this type, it is necessary that the fuel be supplied through a small aperture at. very high pressure and very high velocity; and it has been a defect, generally l speaking, ofthe engines of this type which have heretofore been pro osed, that the pressure at which the fuel 1s supplied has" not been .carried'to or\consistently maintained at the point necessary to properly -atomize the fuel. v

If an engine of this type is to operate on 204 the Diesel cycle, as is usually the case, the rate of injection of the fuel must vary. If thisr varying fuel vfeed is supplied to theA combustion chamber through a valve opening o fixed size, the pressure andvelocity may be4 too low at the beginning of the injection,

reach. a dangerously high point during the maximum rate of injection, and drop to a. point below that necessary to properly lateniize the fuel at the end ofthe injection. Itis, consequently,- an injection system in which the .size of the opening isA constantly proportional to the* desired rate of injection, so that the pressure 1 and velocities may remain constant lduring he entire period of injection, or substantialyIt is furtherof importance to so construct the injection valve that the maximum surface of the pulverized fuel shall constantly be presented to a fresh y portion ofthe air compressed within the combustion chamber.

.These several objects ma be achieved, as pointed out in. my Patent o. 'lA-,595,625, Aug. 1G, 1926, by forcing the fuel into the combustion chamber under very high. Vressure through an injection valve or ori ce, the

opening of which is due tx) the injection presp sure and is opposed by the tensile strength and resistance to linear deformation of a valve-retaining member made of metal, such of great importance to provide :14, 1925.'Y serial no. 75,661.

such elasticity that the high pressures of injection are well within the limit of elasticity "of the metal. f

There is provided a valve consisting of an oil inlet' leading into a hollowv chamber in a body or casing, at the lower end of which is a` .valveseat adapted to receive avalve head and stem, `the latter may be fluted to lpermit.

the passage of the fuel to the valve seat. The ce .valve is maintained in a closed position b a straight piece of Wireunder direchtenslon `and acting as a spring, the tension of which may be adjusted by suitable devices. The construction is such that the liquid fuel supe5 plied at high pressure will act upon ythe valve tol open the same by elongating the wire to whichit is connected, the elongation being slight, but sufficient to cause the fuel to be injected into rthe lcylinder of the engine in the form of ai spray presenting the maximum; surface of the fuel to the action of the charge f of. air in the cylinder. I

The particular nature of the present inven tion, as well as other advantages thereof, will 76 appear more clearly from -a-descrip'tion of a preferred embodiment as shown in the accorn ypanying drawings, 1in-Whichv Figure l is an elevation in central section of the entire valve, and Fig.` 2 isa cross section through Soi the lower-end of the valve along the line 2-2- .ofFig 1L. In the drawing, 10 designates the body of the injection valve, which is screwed into thev V' wall. of the cylinder 11. Within the lower. S5 end of the body 10` is inserted a plug 12 formed of hardened tool steelfa washer 13 being provided at the inner end of the plug to form a tight joint. The plug is provided lwith a centralbore 14: which registers'with a 19() corresponding bore 15 in the body 10. iThe lower edge of the bore in the plug 12 is bevelled as at '16 to form a valve seat, anda valve head1? formed at the lower end of a vvalve stern 18 'co-operates with the valve seat. '95

conducting the fluid toward the grooves in the luted periphery of the stem.

enlarged. head 2310i the rod; being set in. Qa,

recess at the upper 'end of the sleeve. The upper end ofthe body portion' 10 is formed with an upstanding annular portion 24 which is screw-threaded on the outside to receive a the-gland' constituting a stuffing' box for preventing supporting n ut provided with an aperture y through which the rod 2l and the fastening sleeve 22 extend, and against the' upper face 'of which the rod and sleeve are held by lock nuts 26. The upstanding portion 24 isv interiorly threaded to receive a gland 27wliich holds in place a packing, 28,'.thelat'ter and leakage of the fuel at the top ofthe device.' `:Snurro'u'nding thetop ofl the body portion l@ is anannular member provi'ded 'with a 'projection 31 vadapted tobe connected to' a i* suit-able pump for supplying .the fuel to the valve, a' bore y32 `being vprovided in thevproj iecti'on 31 and registering .with a-bore 33 in I- f the body of vthe valve communicatingwith M gine. f

'ing separated fromy each` ing passages of.- reStriCted-.crCSs sectional areas;

'atomizingl liquids other' thanr fuel intended to be burned in an internal combustion en- In 'adireet fuel injection system for internal combustion engines, aninjection valve comprising a valve housing and a valve seat, and a valve member adapted to be seated upon such seat, avalve retainer comprising au metal rod firmly holding the valve member uponl its seat, said' retainer adapted to be elongated'by vpressure Within the 'valve housing to permit opening'ofgthe valve, the valve member bein removably attached to said rod and4 provider? guiding elements, such iding elementsbeotherand provid- I Si State of Illinois, this- 4th day*A of December,

l rinarfnANia scorri the-centralbore 15.v Attached tothe annular Y n when the valve is .on its seat, the pressure. of

member 30 is a pointer 34, ythe upper end' `of which is in eontactwith the :periphery of the supportingnut 25,' it being-intended that the lattershall'be2-providedwith suitable graduations yadapted to co-operatewith the-pointer fe 24 to indicate theitension of the rod 21, and I hence thepressure which .must beycreachedH before the valve 17. will open in the operation of the injection -valve delv scribed above, the pump will su ply fuel through the bores. inthe device. v t the beginning of the dischargestroke ofthe pump,

the. pressure in the-entire'system rises until it overcomesv thetension of lthe rod'21 that Y .I holds the valve 17a ainst its seat 16. The

elongation of the ro 21, under the pressure of the fuel, will permit-only asmall aperture between the valvevhead and itsseat.' In

practice, this may amount to only. one or two ten thousandths Lof'an inch. It is evident that the fuel is exerted von the'inside of the valve head over an area Vhaving for rits 1imit,'the

inner ydiameter ofthe-valve seat Whileafter the valve has opened the varea on which the having the outerd-,iameter of the valve seat as its limit.

l have shown andi described a valve embodying myinve-ntion as constituting an ,element of. a fuel injection systemffor an 1nfuel, may exertv pressure is increased to one With, a plurality Vfot' elongated gned 'at Chicago, Cook, '90

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